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52 Week Money Challenge : AandCsmum wrote:I'm taking...

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:41:13 +0000

Author: jazzy
Subject: 42918
Posted: 15�January�2013 at 10:41am

AandCsmum wrote:

I'm taking a sealed side of rump steak from the wholesalers plus bacon etc. Anything not nailed down that we can eat is coming

lol mm yum

I used to work with a lady from there & every time she went back she would take KFC

52 Week Money Challenge : I'm taking a sealed side...

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:53:23 +0000

Author: AandCsmum
Subject: 42918
Posted: 14�January�2013 at 7:53pm

I'm taking a sealed side of rump steak from the wholesalers plus bacon etc. Anything not nailed down that we can eat is coming

52 Week Money Challenge : We took everything we needed for...

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:50:27 +0000

Author: Stoked
Subject: 42918
Posted: 14�January�2013 at 7:50am

We took everything we needed for snacks on our Fiji trip. Chips, dips, cheeses, crackers, museli bars etc.

Where ever we are traveling we make a point of finding a supermarket, often local prices for bottled water and coke etc are very cheap - the mark up at the resorts is horrendous.

Jazzy - If you are at an offshore island in Fiji, if you take a trip to Musket Cove Marina there is a small supermarket there.

A family member recently went to Raro AandCsMum and took plenty of snacks. etc. She said there was also a decent supermarket there and that dining out was pretty reasonable (by Auckland prices I would assume).

Enjoy your holidays ladies, I am envious!

52 Week Money Challenge : thanks sbeach you are a great...

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 10:22:31 +0000

Author: jazzy
Subject: 42918
Posted: 13�January�2013 at 10:22am

thanks sbeach you are a great help will PM you if I think of anything else

52 Week Money Challenge : Sorry about the links...trying...

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:51:33 +0000

Author: sbeach
Subject: 42918
Posted: 12�January�2013 at 9:51pm

Sorry about the links...trying to be fancy while using iPad!!

Local handicrafts are generally fine. If there are any actual beads ie dried seeds, then make sure they are drilled all the way through. Shells as part of jewellery are ok. Shells off the beach are okay if cleaned out, free of sand and bugs. Wooden carvings are okay too but require inspection for insect damage, borer. Just check over anything before you buy it. Tourist shops over there are pretty good, we don't fumigate nearly as much as we used to. Also don't be fooled by 'treated' stamps or paperwork, we don't take any notice of it, they just have a rubber stamp made up, to reassure tourists that it is allowed back into NZ/Oz.

As for the food you take over with you , you can bring all the dry goods back, even if the packets are open. Even jam/vegemite/peanut butter. No honey! Don't try bring back anything open with dairy in it but if not opened and made in NZ then fine.

Just declare everything on arrival!

If there is anything else let me know...answering enquiries used to be part of my job, feels good to use that part of my brain!

52 Week Money Challenge : sbeach thanks for that, that's...

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:46:38 +0000

Author: jazzy
Subject: 42918
Posted: 12�January�2013 at 6:46pm

sbeach thanks for that, that's really great..I think I will be taking as much as I can now

your links aren't working but have done a search on them.

Are you allowed to bring back items locally made like beads/jewelry made from coconuts & shells?

52 Week Money Challenge : You can take LOTS of food to the...

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:16:42 +0000

Author: sbeach
Subject: 42918
Posted: 12�January�2013 at 6:16pm

You can take LOTS of food to the islands. Any commercially prepared baked food, eg biscuits, crackers, muesli bars etc, just make sure the packets are sealed. Spreads like jam should also be fine if sealed, honey may be an issue though. Nothing fresh like fruit.
http://www.agriculture.gov.ck/index.php/faqs
http://www.biosecurityfiji.com/importing-into-fiji/plant-a-plant-products.html

I guess I should add I work for MAF at Auckland Airport (or MPI as we are called now). If you have any questions about coming back into NZ feel free to pm me. I have been on maternity leave since August but the rules never change very much.

52 Week Money Challenge : what can you take from here? we...

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 07:23:36 +0000

Author: jazzy
Subject: 42918
Posted: 12�January�2013 at 7:23am

what can you take from here? we will have a small fridge in out room but no cooking facilities.

My price is for 5 of us with 2 eating free if eating with us, so b'fast & dinner is approx $750 then I know the kids will want to eat during the day so there is another $200+ & then drinks??? while I am lying on the beach lol.

But if I could take stuff, like crackers, spreads & anything else I would. They have a small shop there but it is not cheap according to the reviews I have read.

52 Week Money Challenge : Holy crap that's a lot for...

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:56:21 +0000

Author: AandCsmum
Subject: 42918
Posted: 11�January�2013 at 5:56pm

Holy crap that's a lot for food, mind you we can take a lot of food from here providing it's sealed. We're going for 9 days but don't expect it'll cost that much & we're catering for 7.

52 Week Money Challenge : $1500 is for food, I have roughly...

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:53:19 +0000

Author: jazzy
Subject: 42918
Posted: 09�January�2013 at 7:53am

$1500 is for food, I have roughly worked it out with the meal plans you can buy daily & then drinkies going on holiday is not cheap lol

I want to have $1000 for activities as I want the kids to be able to do as much as pos.

Edited by jazzy - 09�January�2013 at 7:54am

52 Week Money Challenge : Is the $1500 your flights? Wish...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:23:23 +0000

Author: AandCsmum
Subject: 42918
Posted: 08�January�2013 at 9:23pm

Is the $1500 your flights? Wish flights to Raro were cheaper

52 Week Money Challenge : AandCsmum wrote:Going to Rarotonga....

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:06:44 +0000

Author: jazzy
Subject: 42918
Posted: 08�January�2013 at 9:06pm

AandCsmum wrote:

Going to Rarotonga. Don't imagine we'll need much but if we go out to dinner that might take a bit?? We're saying in beach houses so no restaurant deals etc.

yay exciting

we are going to a resort in Fiji. DS2&3 eat free if they eat with us. I did a rough costing of $900 for activities, $1500+ food & then $ to spend...but it depends on how much we can save to what we will do there.

52 Week Money Challenge : Going to Rarotonga. Don't...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:22:30 +0000

Author: AandCsmum
Subject: 42918
Posted: 08�January�2013 at 4:22pm

Going to Rarotonga. Don't imagine we'll need much but if we go out to dinner that might take a bit?? We're saying in beach houses so no restaurant deals etc.

52 Week Money Challenge : AandCsmum wrote:We're...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:27:37 +0000

Author: jazzy
Subject: 42918
Posted: 08�January�2013 at 8:27am

AandCsmum wrote:

We're going to do a version of this for our trip in Aug, but doubling the money each week for 26 weeks, means we end up with $702 spending money for when we go & seeing it's an island, that is heaps

what Island are you going to??? we are going to one & I am trying to work out how much money we need for spending.

52 Week Money Challenge : That's a good idea...we are...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:17:47 +0000

Author: jazzy
Subject: 42918
Posted: 08�January�2013 at 8:17am

That's a good idea...we are think the same with our July trip.

I was reading that someone was going to do it but was starting at both ends like wk1, then week 52, then week 2 & week 51 & so on...

52 Week Money Challenge : We're going to do a version...

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:14:55 +0000

Author: AandCsmum
Subject: 42918
Posted: 07�January�2013 at 10:14pm

We're going to do a version of this for our trip in Aug, but doubling the money each week for 26 weeks, means we end up with $702 spending money for when we go & seeing it's an island, that is heaps

52 Week Money Challenge : oh & I cleaned the car & found...

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 10:59:20 +0000

Author: jazzy
Subject: 42918
Posted: 05�January�2013 at 10:59am

oh & I cleaned the car & found $1 coin so there is this weeks money ha ha

52 Week Money Challenge : I think it would be hard to do...

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 10:57:58 +0000

Author: jazzy
Subject: 42918
Posted: 05�January�2013 at 10:57am

I think it would be hard to do if paid monthly, we are paid fortnightly so I will keep some aside to do the next week.

DH wants to kids to start saving for xmas so they can buy presents for each other & others & start to understand more about money & giving. So he wants to give them each $1 a week to put in their unused money tins which he will start of with a few dollars.

We were going to do pocket money for the kids this yr but decided not to since we are going to Fiji for a holiday & all the kids know we are saving for that. I also don't want then to think they will get paid to make their beds & so on.

52 Week Money Challenge : Oh if only my husband got paid...

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 10:18:27 +0000

Author: Bizzy
Subject: 42918
Posted: 05�January�2013 at 10:18am

Oh if only my husband got paid weekly! I think savings are important anyway and have always put money away. Last years all got taken with some large unexpected bills though.

52 Week Money Challenge : sem wrote:interesting concept...

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:19:17 +0000

Author: jazzy
Subject: 42918
Posted: 04�January�2013 at 9:19pm

sem wrote:

interesting concept but as the year comes to an end money usually gets tight and you have to save more then. You could just save $26.50 each week and get the same result.

True but that's not as much fun..I think the more $ you think of saving the less likely you do, it is pretty easy to start off with $1 & build it up..nothing is stopping you from doing more or less...or your set amount.

But at the end of the day it is interesting to see just how easy it can be to save even if you did a different amount weekly.

As for me it would be perfect since we are saving for an overseas trip in a few months time so it would be easy for us to increase the payments later in the yr.

I am looking at doing it for xmas so I would use what I needed to of what is in there at the beginning of Dec ($1176) & since I would not have to pay any out in Dec for xmas presents I would have no problem saving up to $52 in the last week..if I still wanted to that is.

Edited by jazzy - 04�January�2013 at 9:23pm

52 Week Money Challenge : interesting concept but as the...

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:09:52 +0000

Author: sem
Subject: 42918
Posted: 04�January�2013 at 8:09pm

interesting concept but as the year comes to an end money usually gets tight and you have to save more then. You could just save $26.50 each week and get the same result.

52 Week Money Challenge : Found this on another Forum I...

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:15:45 +0000

Author: jazzy
Subject: 42918
Posted: 04�January�2013 at 7:15pm

Found this on another Forum I belong to & it is also on FB.
You could also start at $52 & work down to $1

DH & I are going to give it a go...great way to save for xmas